Some #100hardtruths on Digital Media Literacy
“The path forward is hazy. We need to enable people to hear different perspectives and make sense of a very complicated — and in many ways, overwhelming — information landscape. We cannot fall back on standard educational approaches because the societal context has shifted. We also cannot simply assume that information intermediaries can fix the problem for us, whether they be traditional news media or social media. We need to get creative and build the social infrastructure necessary for people to meaningfully and substantively engage across existing structural lines” (dana boyd in #100hardtruths #18: a cultural change about how we make sense of information required)
Contents of this path:
- #18: a cultural change about how we make sense of information required
- #7: skeptical interaction with the digital is critical for democracy
- #12: we need things to help us get closer to the truth
- #14: skepticism is a weapon and a quality
- #21: focus on trust, verification, fact checking, and reader experience
- #26: algorithmic literacy, transparency and oversight needed
- #30, every single tweak in an algorithm can make a change
- #41, visualize hoaxes
- #51, arming youth with digital skills needed for a more sustainable, safe and equitable world
- #53, tame and disarm dangerous algorithms
- #54, #100questions to resist against future Presidents, even if we like them
- #60, spot a #fakenews site in 10 steps
- #66, make sure to fact-check the trump archive
- #68, digital self-defense in the time of trump needed
- #72, learn how to see Palestine
- #76, learn what happens when you type a letter on your keyboard
- #79, attend to the structural problems inherent in the platform ecosystem
- #84, stage #fakenews events
- #88, solutionism doesn’t identify core problems